Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1733 1734 1759 1784 1793 3646

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
856
Total Applications
+14.4%
Interview Lift
1410
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 809 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
46.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18116588 ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING USING AN ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING TOOLPATH Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18116559 ADAPTIVE OVERHAUL USING CT SCAN SINGLE DATA SET Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18116580 ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING USING A CT SCAN AND AN ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING TOOLPATH Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18108132 ADAPTIVE OVERHAUL USING STRUCTURED LIGHT SINGLE DATA SET Non-Final OA Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
18777659 OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENED REFRACTORY BASED ALLOY Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18012521 POWDER-BED BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Safran Aircraft Engines
18579141 IMPROVED COUNTER-FORM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A METAL AERONAUTICAL PART Non-Final OA SAFRAN
18281698 PASTE COMPOSITION, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRICAL COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18493458 HYBRID BEARING FORGED FLANGE Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18493470 HYBRID BEARING FORGED FLANGE Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18420941 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-LAYERED NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING AND MULTI-LAYERED NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING PRODUCED THEREBY Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18483584 METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING A STEEL COMPONENT Non-Final OA AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
18279342 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18626663 METHOD OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF REFRACTORY ALLOY COATINGS Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18569142 METHOD OF LEACHING METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

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